20 more positive cases reported in Kerala. A total of 181 patients out of 202 are active cases: Kerala health ministry
8 new cases reported from Tamil Nadu’s Erode district, taking state toll to 50.
All eight cases are contacts of Thai Nationals who are undergoing treatment at IRT Perundurai
Landlords cannot ask for rent for lockdown period from workers living in rented accommodation, cannot ask them to vacate
I appeal to all Rajya Sabha members to contribute one month’s salary to PM CARES Fund for strengthening govt’s efforts to contain Covid-19 spread: Vice President Venkaiah Naidu
Orders issued today for all uniformed personnel to donate one day salary to the PM-CARES Fund to support efforts in combating Covid-19 outbreak: Indian Navy
DGCA suspends breath analyser tests for pilots, other aviation personnel till further notice.
Coronavirus live updates: Ensure no movement of people across cities or on highways, Centre tells states
Over 450 doctors who were recruited as medical officers for all the Central Armed Police Forces (CAPFs) recently have been called to join duty immediately…with no loss of time,” ITBP DG told PTI. Modalities are being worked on to hire doctors on contractual service to man the chain of the forces’ country-wide hospitals and quarantine centres that have a combined strength of more than 7,200 beds
A high-level meeting of Union ministers on Covid-19, underway at the residence of defence minister Rajnath Singh.
Pilots have sought a temporary suspension of breath analyser (BA) tests till the coronavirus scare is on. Air India pilot on Sunday wrote to the Directorate General of Civil Aviation “machine/ apparatus for BA test remains the same, and that droplets/ aerosols of infected pilots may further infect the healthy.
Violators of lockdown to be sent to 14 days’ quarantine: Govt
Spain registers a record 838 deaths from coronavirus in the last 24 hours
Centre asks states to seal state, district borders to stop exodus of migrants
Migrant workers hit Kottayam streets, demand food, return to native places
Woman tests positive for Covid-19 in Bihar, total count in state 11
13 lakh railway employees to donate Rs 151 crore to PM-CARES fund to help combat coronavirus
Centre asks sates to effectively seal state and dist borders to stop movement of migrant workers during lockdown: Officials
Off to the cafe: Sweden is outlier in coronavirus restrictions
Swedish authorities have advised the public to practice social distancing and to work from home, if possible, and urged those over age 70 to self-isolate as a precaution. Yet compared to the lockdowns imposed elsewhere in the world, the government’s response to the virus allows a liberal amount of personal freedom
Houston hospital first in US to try coronavirus blood transfusion therapy
Railways minister Piyush Goyal, MoS Suresh Angadi to donate one month’s salary to PM-CARES fund to fight Covid-19: Railways
Uttarakhand: Udham Singh Nagar District Magistrate allows farmers to harvest crops and take their Combine Harvesters to the fields but only three people would be permitted to go with the machines and farmers would have to stay till work is complete and only then return home
Indian Air Force is engaged in supporting availability of critical medical supplies to tackle spread Covid-19. All transport aircraft including C-17, C-130 Super Hercules, AN-32 and Dornier being used to supply medical equipment as per requirements of ICMR and other agencies: IAF
5 more people test positive in Kashmir- 2 from Srinagar, 2 from Budgam and 1 from Baramulla: Rohit Kansal, Principal Secretary (Planning), J&K Govt
Madhya Pradesh: A Police Sub-Inspector writes ‘I have violated lockdown, stay away from me’ on forehead of a labourer in Gorihar area of Chhatarpur. SP Kumar Saurabh says, “This is unacceptable. Action is being taken against the police woman as per the law”.
Covid-19 toll touches seven in Maharashtra with the death of a 40-year-old at a BMC hospital.
India shifts staff in Herat, Jalalabad to Kabul in view of Covid-19 cases in Afghanistan
Nashik: District administration in Ahmednagar releases first positive person after his test turned out to be negative following the treatment given in isolation ward in Ahmednagar. The patients now have to remain in home quarantine for next 14 days.
Eight new suspected Covid-19 cases admitted into different hospitals in Surat on Sunday
Kerala: Women leader of IUML and relatives booked for violation of government directions. She conducted the wedding of her daughter participating more than 50 persons. The police also booked her son Subin Rasheed, who was under home quarantine, for participating in the wedding.
A 54-year-old man with diabetes and a chronic illness brought in an already critical condition to the Covid-19 isolation ward died at Kanyakumari GH on Sunday.
Covid-19 Todays Updates – 28 March 2020
Coronavirus Updates : 27 March 2020, 9:15 PM